According to Jewish Pilgrim Al Harizi, Many Jews Returned to Jerusalem at the Invitation of Saladin
Yehuda Al Harizi, a rabbi, translator, poet, and traveler, mentions in his writings that Saladin issued a proclamation inviting the Jews to return to Jerusalem.
Despite the insecurity and continual warfare, a large number of Jews continued to immigrate from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria, Southern Europe, and more from France and England.
Al Harizi visited Jerusalem in 1216 CE and describes his visit in Maqama 28 of his work Tahkemoni, offering the clearest travel account and one of the most important medieval Hebrew descriptions of Jerusalem.
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According to the testimony of Al Harizi, a Pilgrim who visited Jerusalem in 1216, Saladin issued a proclamation inviting the Jews to return to Jerusalem. Despite the insecurity and continual warfare, a large number of Jews immigrated from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria, Southern Europe and even France and England.
Political Report of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. Submitted to the Twenty-First Zionist Congress and the Sixth Session of the Council of the Jewish Agency at Geneva. p. 39.
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